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NewMat

Zero matrix

Syntax
NewMat(R: RING, M: INT, N: INT): MAT

Description
This function is kept for CoCoA-4 nostalgia: better use ZeroMat .

Example
/**/  Use S ::= QQ[x,y,z];
/**/  NewMat(S,2,3);
matrix( /*RingDistrMPolyClean(QQ, 3)*/
 [[0, 0, 0],
  [0, 0, 0]])
/**/  ZeroMat(S,2,3);
matrix( /*RingDistrMPolyClean(QQ, 3)*/
 [[0, 0, 0],
  [0, 0, 0]])

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